The Elements of Mentoring and Speak Out

The Elements of Mentoring

Author: W Brad Johnson

Patterned after Strunk and White's classic The Elements of Style, this new edition concisely summarizes the substantial existing research on the art and science of mentoring. The Elements of Mentoring reduces this wealth of published material on the topic to the sixty-five most important and pithy truths for supervisors in all fields. These explore what excellent mentors do, what makes an excellent mentor, how to set up a successful mentor-protégé relationship, how to work through problems that develop between mentor and protégé, what it means to mentor with integrity, and how to end the relationship when it has run its course. Succinct and comprehensive, this is a must-have for any mentor or mentor-to-be.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	What Excellent Mentors Do: Matters of Skill	1
	Traits of Excellent Mentors: Matters of Style and Personality	43
	Arranging the Mentor-Protege Relationship: Matters of Beginning	63
	Knowing Thyself as a Mentor: Matters of Integrity	87
	When Things Go Wrong: Matters of Restoration	109
	Welcoming Change and Saying Goodbye: Matters of Closu re	125
	References	135
	Index	143

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Speak Out: Debate and Public Speaking in the Middle Grades

Author: John Meany

Speak Out! is a primer for beginning and intermediate students participating in class and contest debates. Designed to support the largest and fastest growing middle-school debate program in the world, it offers students clear, concise information on public speaking and debating. Combining the practical and theoretical, Speak Out! teaches students the basics of public speaking argumentation, and research, and helps them prepare for debate competitions and classroom debates. Exercises give students hands-on experience with important topics.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction to public speaking and debating	15
Ch. 2	Introduction to debating	43
Ch. 3	The middle school public debate program format	53
Ch. 4	Making arguments	83
Ch. 5	Answering arguments	103
Ch. 6	Learning to research	109
Ch. 7	Making arguments matter : impacts	133
Ch. 8	Opposition strategies	139
Ch . 9	The debate competition	149
App. 1	Issue analysis form	159
App. 2	Debate resources on the Web	161
App. 3	The middle school public debate program judging manual	163
App. 4	Tips for judges	181
App. 5	Sample topics for debate	183